As previously announced in September 2010, manroland AG has begun management changes inline with its corporate growth strategy. This includes merging its Small Newspaper Presses business unit (located in Plauen, Germany) with the Large Newspaper Presses business unit (in Augsburg) to form a Newspaper Printing Systems business unit under a single management structure.
Georg Riescher, former Executive VP of the Small Newspaper Presses unit, assumes leadership of the new combined unit. Anton Hamm, who previously headed up the Large Newspaper Presses unit, has been named as the Executive VP of manroland’s Technology Center for Webfed Printing Systems. The Technology Center combines training, engineering for testing and processes, as well as the implementation of new products.
Back in September 2010, manroland and its investors, Allianz Capital Partners, announced new measures aimed at long-term success for the company. “We are convinced that manroland must seize these opportunities as a company on a stand-alone basis,” explained Gerd Finkbeiner, CEO of manroland, in September. “To remain successful in the long run, manroland must make adjustments to its structures and processes. As a result, the three German production sites will be assigned clear core competencies. In addition, the main focus is firmly on growth markets and the services sector.”
manroland released the following three main points about its restructuring and long-term strategy:
1. An unchanged basic structure: manroland will continue to build systems for sheetfed printing and web offset printing at three sites. Each of the three sites will be assigned a specific core competence:
• In the future, the sites in Augsburg (web offset presses) and Offenbach (sheetfed presses) will concentrate exclusively on manufacturing complex parts and assembly,
• The Plauen site will become the business sector for industrial production. As a competence center for mechanical production and module assembly, the Plauen plant will manufacture products for manroland and other customers.
2. Integration of the business activities for the sheetfed and web offset sector:
• Consolidation of the business units for small newspaper presses (until now at the Plauen site) and large newspaper presses at the Augsburg site,
• Centralization of electronic activities,
• The foundry in Offenbach will provide both business sectors with cast parts,
• Concentration of the central functions for the Group at the Augsburg site.
3. Establishment of a new Technical and Industrial Services business sector consisting of about 300 employees who will focus on the following activities:
• Industrial consultation,
• Subcontracting of highly qualified technical experts.
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